UT Austin Astronomer Spies Most Distant Dusty Galaxy Hidden in Plain Sight

December 11, 2019 • by Staff Writer

Astronomer Caitlin Casey of The University of Texas at Austin has used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to spot the light of a massive galaxy seen just 970 million years after the Big Bang.

A globular and luminescent representation of a galaxy with bright and dark spots

Artist impression of what MAMBO-9 would look like in visible light. The galaxy is very dusty and it has yet to build most of its stars. (Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton)


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